"Blast Off"

SUBJECT:

Did Samuel Beckett really want to go to Mars on a solar sail? Can you give us any insight into "Blast Off"?
Frank Black: You already have the insight.
- online chat, 1/01

LYRICS:
i'm heading for the dark / take shit as shit is / if you can take this town / i say good show / 'cause city hall all are freaks / and the coffee is getting weak / i'm going to make my mark / maybe in show biz / maybe on solid ground / i do not know / but i'm thinking all the time / and i'm saving all my dimes / blast off i can foresee foresee / blast off blast off i can foresee foresee / blast off / cast off save all my money / just for blast off / blast off i can foresee foresee blast off / chemical take on the chemical for comatose / comatose wake from a sleep that was six months / rasthof zwanzig kilometers bis rasthof i need it / blast off i can foresee foresee / union pour la promotion de la propulsion photonique / isidis home on the dome of the isidis / tops off i think i'm gonna get some rocks off i need it / blast off i can foresee foresee / and when we get there the irish in / me's gonna claim it for France / i'm in a beckett trance / from all the chemical / and when we get there the irsih in me's gonna claim it for France / i'm wearing beckett's pants / from all that chemical / and when we get there the irish in me's gonna claim it for France / i'm on a beckett rant / from all that chemical

LIVE: yes

ACOUSTIC: not sure